Genus Prochoerodes

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

Large Maple Spanworm Moth - Prochoerodes lineola

Illinois Maple Spanworm? - Prochoerodes lineola

Spanworm - Prochoerodes lineola - male - female

Large Maple Spanworm Moth - Hodges #6982 - Prochoerodes lineola

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Ourapterygini

Genus Prochoerodes

Numbers

7 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

3 species in Canada (CBIF)

Range

Represented from coast to coast in US and Canada, but the only species occurring in the east is P. lineola (=transversata).

Internet References

pinned adult image of all 3 species in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 January, 2005 - 11:22pm

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